Roller for corn-husking machines.



A No. 732,469. PATENTED JUNE 30, 19o-3;

i L. D. SWEET. l ROLLER 'EOE CORN EUSKING MACHINES;

APPLIULTIONHLED nn. l1a, 190s. no lLoDEL.

@I 'ff' L/ "immuun" @ffm ,l a l Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OEEICE.

LESTR D. SWART, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

ROLLER FOR CORN-HUSKING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming pere er Letters Patent No. 732,469, dated June 3o, 1903.

l Application iiled` January 19,1903. Serial No. 139,6 73. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, LESTERD. SWART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Auburn, in the county of Cayuga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rollers for Corn-Husking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention is in the class of cornhusking machines; and it consists'more particularly in an improved form of huskingroller whereby I am enabled to make such rollers of greatly less weight, and thus reduce cost as well as making the machine consider ably lighter.

Figure lis a partial top View of two rollers of a husking-machine. Fig. 2 is a view of the interior of a roller developed. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Y

My improved roller is made hollow and is provided on the interior with certain interiorly-extending projections and anges and ridges to aord the means for securing the teeth of the rollers and strengthening the roller, so that it will be as effective' and last-v ing as a roller made in the usual way. When placed in the machine, these rollers are geared together so that they will move in unison, and each roller is provided with a longitudinallyextending series of holes a and teeth o, disposed alternately, as shown in the drawings. The teeth of each of the rollers are arranged to enter the holes of its adjacent roller. The

'teeth consists each of a screw or a screwheaded pin set in an elastic cushion or packing, which is in turn sealed in a recess of the roller. As the depth of these recesses is greater than the thickness of the outer wall of my improved roller, I provide certain interiorly-eXtending rounded projections c, which are hollowed exteriorly, forming sockets, and are provided with the central opening c' of a less size, connecting the interior of the socket with the interior of the roller. Thev elastic cushion or packing is inserted in the exterior opening and the screw or screw-headed pin inserted. The central opening o permits of the use 'of screws or pins which may not have been reduced to an exact length and at the same time enables the packing to be reached from the interior of the roller if itrbe found -diiiicult to remove in any other way. The

-of material and with a great reduction in the weight of this class of devices. What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A tubular or hollow roller for corn-husking machines having interiorly-rounded projections hollowed exteriorly to form sockets,

,said sockets communicating with the interior ofY the roller by openings of less diameter than the sockets, substantially as described.

2. A tubular orhollow roller-for corn-husking machines, having interiorly-extending Yrounded projections hollowed exteriorlyforming sockets each adapted to receive an elastic -packing and having the interior strengthenving-ribs of av zigzag formpartly embracing said rounded projections, substantially as described. Y Y 3. A tubular or hollow roller for corn-husking machines having interior longitudinal strengthening-ribs and a series of rounded projections between said ribs hollowed exteriorly each forming a socket to receive an Velastic packing, substantially as described.

4t. A tubular or hollow roller for corn-husking machines having on its interior longitudinal strengthening-ribs, zigzag ribs connecting said longitudinal ribs and a series of rounded projections in the angles of said zig- Vzag ribs, substantially as described.

5. A tubular or hollow roller for corn-husking machines, having on its interior longitudinal ribs, zigzag ribs connecting said 1ongitudinzd ribs, rounded projections in angles of said zigzag ribs which engage one side of said rounded projections and L short rib oonnecng said rounded projections directly In testimony whereof I affix my signature in I@he presence of two witnesses.

LESTER D. SVART.

Witnesses:

MAUDE E. EDDY.

with one of the longitudinal projections, sub- AUG. P. COGSWELL, stantinlly us described. i 

